State budgets under microscope this month
Every department in state government will get a turn in front the General Assembly's Joint Finance Committee this month, and lawmakers are on the hunt for places to consolidate, save money and work more efficiently.
The more they find, the less the legislature will need to resort to dramatic spending cuts and tax increases to emerge from a $350 million budget hole.
"People talk about finding waste and inefficiency, and we're always going to be looking for that, but over the past few years we've gotten rid of most of that low-hanging fruit," said Rep. Melanie George Smith, D-Bear, the committee's chair. "What we are doing this year is looking at what our priorities are."
The process starts Tuesday. A schedule of when each department will be heard can be found on the legislative website.
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